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c. E. MCNUTT ROLLER BEARING May 6 1924,

Filed May le' hd/*5g M11/ait connected bv ro s,

Patented May 6, 17924.

UNITED s'rATEs CHARLES n nemrfr'r,

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nonnen amante.

Application Med )tay 16,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that CHARLES E. MoNUT'r, a citizen of the United States, residi at Caldwell, in the county of Noble and Igtate of Ohio, has invented certain new and usez ul Improvements in Roller Bearings, of which the following is a. ciilcation.

The present invention is directed to improvements in roller hearings, and has for its primary object to materially simplify the construction of such devices by red uciiig the number of parts and necessarily the oost of manufacture.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a bearin wherein the rollers are the rods being held in spaced circular alignment in a simple and efficient manner, the rollers being so related that their bearing surfaces may be convenientl7 adjusted to take up Wear.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the nove features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts, and hereinafter to be fully described and pointed out in the ap ended claims. n

n the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is;V a longitudinal sectional view through the device,

Figure 2 is a sectional view on 2 2 of Figure l,

Figure 3 is a sectional view on t e line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a detail perspective View of the retaining member, and Q Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of a pair of the rollers. r g

Referring to the drawing 1 designates the axle and 2 the hub of a motor vehicle wheel, said axle terminating at its rear. end in a. tapered portion 3, and upon wh1c is e1igaged a co ending] tapered .leeve 4, the -inner end t ereof a utting against the annular flange 5 of the knuckles 6. Coi-leem trioall disposed with the sleeve Lis a bushing 7 `having a tapered inner wall 8 which corresponds to the taper of the sleeve 4.

The hub 2 is interiorly threaded, as at 9, and threaded therein is a bushin 10. The inner wall 11 having a taper similar to that of. the wall 8 of the bushing 7, there being a ooncentrically arranged sleeve 13 engaged on the axle 1. This sleeve is tapered to correspond with the taper of the wall 11 of the co-aoting bushing 9, the bushing and ythe line sleeve 13 being Aassembled to formed respectivelg 1 1932. ellll In. 581,411.

provide a race 14, a similar race 15 being formed between the bushing 7 and sleeve 4.

.retaining member 16 is provided and consists of a collar 17 which` is adapted to encircle the center portion of the axle 1, Said collar having annular right angle terminal flanges 18 and in which are formed a luralityofdradialals'lots 19, saixd slots bein isposed in irect i ent t e ur oseo which will appear laliln The rol orsp20 are cone shaped and are integrally connected at their major ends by rods 21, Said rods being of such len th as to have their ends rotatabl)Y engagedg in the aligned slots 19, and at which time the rollers are positioned with their major ends adjacent the outer faces of the flanges 18, whereby said rollers are held against longitudinal movement. The respective rollers 2O are engaged inthe races 14 and 15 and function inV a manner well understood. The bushings 7 and 10 are with beveled confronting shoulders 22 w 'ch are cooperatively associated with the annular flanges 23 carried by the rollers 20, said flanges being so arranged as to barely con-tact with the shoulders 22, but at the same time preventin the rollers and the rods from tilting if the ring is not adjusted properly, or the parts wear. The bushing 410 is held against accidental rotation by a spring wire frame 24 which has a finger 25 adapted to engage the registered grooves 26 and 27 formed respectively in the hub 2 and bushing, 'The frame 24 is held in 'place by the rhub cap 28.

Threaded on the axle is a nut 29 which is adapted to force the sleeve 13 inwardly, and at times when it is desired to adjust the bearing, there bein a washer 30 interposed between the nut an sleeve.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that a, bearing has been provided wherein the number of parte have been materially reduced. Further it will be observed that the spaces between the rollers are unobstructed whereby grease or oil will be permitted to pass freely from one roller to another.

What is claimed is: p

1. In a roller bearing, the combination with an axle, of races associated therewith, a collar encircling the axle and having flanges on its ends, saidflanges having slots formed therein, rollers engaged in the races and rods connecting the rollers and engage/l in the slots.

2. In ziroller bearing, the combination with an axle, of concentrically arranged sleeves ami bushings Combined to form opposed raves, a liub enclosing'l the races and engaged with the bushings, rollers engaged in the ses, rods connecting the rollers, n collar encircling ille axle and having terminul flanges and means carried by the flanges for engaging the rods to hold ihe Same, and thus the rollers in against enclwise movement.

Sfn a roller bearing, the. combination wiill an axle of opposed concenrloally an ranged bushings and sleeves ,leaving taperefl confronting faces combined to provide races, cone sl'lapefl rollers engaged in the rames, rods connecting the rollers, means for holding these rods in spaced relation, a hub enr-losing. ik@ raves sind n nut adjustable on the axle for engaging ille adjacent sleeve to force the same inwardly, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof 1 aiix my signature.

CHARLES E. MGNUTT. 

